bush did. or does it consist of getting on your high horse, refusing to go talk to good-hearted christian people, because you believed a bunch of prejudicial slanders in the press, and then staying away , not even carrying a message of integrity to them? or does it consist, in fact, in going in, carrying a message of truth and integrity about this country's moral principles, and then looking them in the eye and saying, "i'm a black roman catholic christian, married to an indian-american women. and if you can't deal with the demons of racial bigotry, and religious bigotry, and cast them out, you'll accomplish no good for this country"? king: why. keyes: which is the better leader? you tell me. king: why didn't you speak against bigotry at bob jones? bush: i was asked the question, do i support his policy of no interracial dating? i said, of course not. of course not. my little brother, jeb, the governor of florida married a girl named columba, from mexico -- a fabulous part of our family, a grea

bush: no, i don't. >> hsbc. mr. bush: i do. [laughter] >> nobody in any of these companies has gone to prison or been prosecuted. i think this reflects a wider problem of white-collar crime, and i'm wondering if you are going to appoint an attorney general and direct him or her to approach white-collar crime with the same seriousness and figure that they have approached the low-level drug prosecutions? mr. bush: that is a good question, both of those. [applause] mr. bush: the answer to that is, yes. to simplify this. here is another challenge for your profession. i have been told, and maybe you can confirm this, that 90% of all the painkillers prescribed in the world are prescribed in the united states. and so, put aside -- i don't know the name of the manufacturer of oxycontin. it is prescribed by doctor. the fda just to prove this last year -- they allowed opiates to be prescribed for children. we have changed our attitudes about pain and how we have pain to the point where we have legitimized addictions that then create the

george bush will be at his brother's side at a campaign rally. so will laura bush. the ads already out, it's a family affair. >> i know jeb. i know his good heart and his strong backbone. jeb will unite our country. he knows how to bring the world together against terror. experience and judgment count in the oval office. jeb bush is a leader who will keep our country safe. >> donald trump already tweeting about this. he tweeted this morning funny that jeb didn't want help from his family and didn't even want to use his last name. then mommy and now brother. we are live in south carolina with more. >> reporter: good morning. this is a whole new stage in the race for jeb bush. you heard trump mention, we've all noticed this is someone who doesn't news his last name in his logo. it's just jeb. from the beginning of his campaign he's talked about running as his own man, but now after finishing in sixth place in iowa and in fourth place in new hampshire, his campaign is hoping he can have a strong showing here in south carolina. that's why they're bringing out the bigges

bush. an estimated 2,500 people waiting for all of this to get going any minute now. this is the first time 43 has been on the 2016 campaign trail. and it couldn't come at a more critical time. jeb bush is tied for last place in a six-man race in the latest cnn poll. in spite of his low poll numbers, bush has been in donald trump's sights, and so have his brother, who trump says didn't keep america safe. >> if the ex-president is campaigning for his brother, i think he's probably open to great scrutiny. maybe things that haven't been thought of in the past. you know, when jeb used his name in the reagan debate, i left it alone. but when he kept using it, i said, i have to bring it up. when he talked about the great safety we had, i said, i'm sorry, at some point we have to bring it up. and the other day i brought it up. i said the world trade center came down during your brother's reign. >> the bush campaign thinks the criticism is a repeat strategy for trump, and they stand by their decisi

jeb bush. it was because he raised $100 million in the blink of an eye to start off the race. >> and it was because he was born a bush. >> he just tapped those donor networks. he stacked up $100 million. it was the, forgive me, it was the shock and awe strategy that his brother used in 2000 to scare everybody else out of the race. and i think the tragedy of the sort of political, the tragedy of the way the jeb bush campaign fell apart is the way they spent themselves into oblivion. if you're jeb bush and this race is going to have donald trump as the nominee or maybe ted cruz as the nominee or maybe untested marco rubio as the nominee, that is such a fragile state. you want to be there so you are another option. with $100 million to sit on, he should have been able to stay until the very end. instead, who was the number one spender in iowa? jeb bush. who was the number one spender in new hampshire? jeb bush. who was the number one spender in south carolina? jeb bush. when he's coming in fourth

let me welcome barbara bush and jeb bush, the former governor of florida. [applause] ♪ barbara: it is great to be back in new hampshire. is that on? can you hear me? yes. it's great to be back in new hampshire. we had such wonderful times here. you have the values and the beliefs that we push -- that we bushes believe in. you are givers, you are great. it is great to be with the world's nicest man. [applause] friends again, and to see all of you. i did not really plan on this. wisest,is the nicest, most caring, loyal, disciplined-- [laughter] barbara: not by me. [laughter] but he's not a braggart. [laughter] we don't allow that. [laughter] but he's decent and honest. he is everything we need in a president. [applause] barbara: his dad an i are very proud of him. ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states -- jeb bush. [applause] jeb: thank you mama. thank you all. you can sit. everybody can sit. thank you all very much. wow. mom, micron sizes are not rowd sizes- mom, my c are not normally this large. i wonder why. it is such a joy to be

bush, president bu bush, to the campaign trail. it's going to bring forth all the -- the south carolina primary of 2000 and though way the bush family treated john mccain. today they are saying he's a hero but it's obvious the bush campaign and their allies in 2000 were slamming him as being, and i'm quoting from an article in "vanity fair," crazy, having fathered a black child out of wedlock. mrs. mccain was supposed to be a drug addict. it was savage and left a bad taste in senator mccain's mouth that took him quite a while to get over. that's something that donald trump is going to be looking at here as the bushes return to try and do this again. >> katon, south carolina politics are legendarily tough. >> i was a member of the '99-00 bush squad. we also nominated john mccain to the presidency in south carolina. i think all that is eye wash. talking about those former races won't matter. what's going to matter is the posturing. we're getting ready to have 700,000 people vote. about 100,000, none of the campaigns know exactly who

. >>> we've gone to bush headquarters. jeb bush has emerged. let's listen in. >> this is going to be short and sweet. to those who helped jeb bush and worked so hard on his behalf, in south carolina and throughout the country, thank you very, very much. to jeb bush and his family, thank you for running a race for the presidency that we could all be proud of. thank you, jeb, for being one of the most decent, thoughtful men i've ever met. ladies and gentlemen, my friend for life, jeb bush. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> jeb! jeb! >> thank you. thank you, lindsey. when i began this journey in miami i said i would campaign as i would serve. going everywhere, speaking to everyone. keeping my word. facing the issues without flinching and staying true to what i believe. for the better part of a year i've endeavored to do just exactly that. i have put for the a vision for america that includes all because our country deserves a president for everyone. the presidency is bigger than any one person. it is certainly bigger th

bush: what do you think? [laughter] mr. bush: i'm making progress? mr. bush: see what i say? yes, sir. we've got a mic coming. >> first of all, i want to thank you for falling out the respectability scorecard. second of all, i wanted to know, it seems that people with mental illness and the addicted are being treated by being sent to prison and jails instead of eating the actual help that they need. what would you do as president to change that? mr. bush: great question. i am proud of my record, by the way, in support of people with different abilities, developnmental and physical. it is informed by my faith in many ways, and as governor of florida, we have made great progress. we were at the bottom of the pack, and we have risen up, and i am proud of it. it is why i didn't apologize when i called donald trump a jerk -- mr. bush: when he disparaged people with disabilities. it is just not right. that is not the america i believe we all should embrace. this challenge of addiction and mental health, it is important that you have both together. in many cases, in my personal expe

bush on stage with the former first lady, laura bush. we'll hear from senator lindsey graham who will introduce the president. president bush will speak and then jeb will take the stage. we expect -- jeb bush has said he expects his brother to make the point that jeb bush has the skills to be commander in chief and that he as former president knows what that takes so that's what we'll be listening for here tonight. >> we'll have live coverage of all of that. athena, thank you very much. >>> let's bring back our panel. manu, the trump comments about ted cruz were amazing. he said ted cruz is totally unstable. not just unstable, totally unstable. and he went on to say, quote, he is the single biggest liar i have ever come across in politics or otherwise, and i have seen some of the best of them. his statements are totally untrue and completely outrageous. it is hard to believe a person who proclaims to be a christian could be so dishonest and lie so much. what a dramatic escalation in the rhetoric. >> it's really just a few weeks ago these

bush. it's a whole new stage in the race for jeb. >> george w. bush hitting the campaign trail tonight for the first time since leaving office. >> is he a popular republican? you bet he is. >> reporter: giving his younger brother a helping hand as the battle for south carolina heats up. >> i know jeb. >> reporter: he already lent his famous face for an ad for jeb. his guest-starring role on stage tonight is part of the bush camp's effort to pull out all the stops. after a dismal sixth place finish in iowa where his brother won. >> and you think that, iowa. >> reporter: and a better than expected fourth place in new hampshire where his father won. >> i want to thank the wonderful people of new hampshire. >> reporter: jeb is hoping for a strong showing in south carolina which handed primaries to both presidents bush. >> this is the right time. right when the interest -- when it's important and when people are watching. >> reporter: bush, whose campaign logo, doesn't even include his famous la

bush. all won more of those. and then the final point, 90 percent said that the debate was a factor in their decision. only 8 percent said it wasn't a factor. >> all right. panel. stand by. thank you. >> let's check in now at the winning candidates' campaign headquarters. we begin with chief political correspondent carl cameron live from the trump headquarters in manchester. carl? >> hi, megyn. it's become a victory celebration. the huge crowd went up. they lit it up. they were excited to the hear the news that trump has been projected as the winner tonight. and trump did it in a way that was very unconventional in new hampshire. he didn't come here very often. he did he, however, concentrate most of his large events along the massachusetts/new hampshire border. about 85% of the republican electorate is comprised iué, some sort of a triangle that runs from concord, new hampshire to the vermont border on the west and sea coast on the east. that's where he spent most of his time. it also had

bush, and who's in town today? it's george w. bush. it almost becomes a fight between two different visions, the donald trump vision, and the george w. bush vision. it's hard to break through that, isn't it? >> while these guys are throwing sticks and tostones at each oth, we'll go through a day or two of looking at what's happening today, between the theatrics of trump and bush coming to stump for his brother. as voters have talked about these issues and thinking about these threats, who of this crowd is best prepared to lead us as commander in chief. and when we start to listen to the particular issues and the preparedness of the candidates that will be on the ballot on saturday, i think marco rubio will stand head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. >> big picture here, what is the strategy for rubio? he's not come in, in the top two. where is the breakthrough? is is south carolina the breakthrough state for marco rubio? >> i don't know if i would call it the breakthrough state. right now only 2% of the delegates have even cas

bush, laura bush, and jeb bush. [driving country music plays] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> even i cannot screw this up. thank you for coming to show your support for jeb bush. presidents, welcome back, mr. president, and of laura. south carolina has missed you. the country has missed you. this is bush country. if somebody told me i had eight itrs to live, i would want under obama, because it seems like it was forever. one more year and this guy is going. thank you for coming back to where you are loved and appreciated and for keeping us safe while you are were thedent -- president of the united states. thank you for your leadership after 9/11. your fightor taking to the enemies of the nation. backsyou for having mthe of those doing the fighting. thank you for being decent and honorable. on of us get to vote saturday, right? show up tuesday and you will be by yourself. the whole world is watching what we do here for a reason. we picked presidents. vote needso goes to to understand that the military is stuck with the

bush just now coming out for jeb! because jeb didn't want to emphasize the bush, didn't want to emphasize the bush because frankly from the very beginning just about everybody said three bushes are one too many. it is historically unprecedented as doug knows to have three people from the same nuclear family. this is a hail mary pass. >> is it also a difficult situation for the family? we saw barbara bush came out campaigning in new hampshire. maybe that, too, is considered a hail mary pass. at the same time, did jeb bush have to grapple with explaining all the time why he wouldn't engage his family when it would seem like a no brainer that he would, given the political dynasty, but at the same time we all understand he had the argument with the iraq war he wanted to distance himself from his brother's legacy. >> jeb bush has been in a conundrum. on the one hand, wanted to be his own man, carries the last name bush. in hindsight should have embraced his brother's man tell off the bat, but that came fraught with problem

cruz, rubio and jeb bush and non-candidate george w. bush. the former president on the campaign trail in support of younger brother jeb. it was w's first time in full-on campaign mode since barack obama won in 2008. he returned trump's fire. and dana bash has the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, george w. bush back in the spotlight. he drew a big crowd for his brother and drew distinctions between his brother and trump. he did not mention his name, but described his persona that we have become used to see, the character that drawn so many supporters to him. the point that george w. bush was trying to make is america shouldn't go for somebody who preys on the fears and frustrations of americans. they should go for a strong and steady hand. somebody who is not necessarily the loudest person in the room. clearly describing his brother. >> the presidency is a serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas. and there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush has the experience and character to be a great president. >> reporter: but what

bush d bush is not a liar. he's a good man and we need to get back to the attitude of keeping the war over there so it doesn't come here. so what mr. trump did is exposed how unprepared he is to be a republican. what low-life kind of fellow he is and jeb bush now is going to be very endeared to the people of south carolina, because we stand up for our families and we like george w. bush. >> following iowa, some critics have written off governor bush's campaign. he seemed reinvigorated by marco rubio's poor debate performance in new hampshire and has governor bush has -- we expected a bit of a fight tonight between marco rubio and governor bush and it never materialized. why is that? >> marco rubio is a wonderful man who i don't think is ready to be president as much as jeb bush. when you look at marco's experience and that of jeb's, it's not close. 40 admirals and generals are supporting jeb. i've been to iraq and afghanistan 36 times. t t i think he's the best guy to be commander in chief. what you've seen wit

the bush camp sees this as a win. they're in a fight right now for third place, they're painting this as a win given how far bush has come. he was written off and now he's back in the conversation and they believe he's in the best position to head into south carolina. they say they're well organized in that state. he should compete better with evangelicals than he did in new hampshire. he told me that the military population of voters in south carolina will be beneficial to bush who has laid out a plan for instance to defeat isis. they're excited about tonight. bush is on the plane to south carolina where he'll hold his first event tomorrow. they say that they're very well organized there. they've had a 20 plus staffers in the state and that they've made hundreds of thousands of phone calls between staffers and volunteers and door knocking. so they say they're ready to compete in south carolina. that's where we expect to see jeb get some help from his brother. >> thanks very much. no doubt there's a fight going on for

bush, blaming george w. bush for 9/11. this is donald trump. it may be the case that republicans decide they're going to vote for somebody who is a nationalist and not a conservative, but if they want to know what they have in donald trump, they got it tonight. >> quickly, ben carson, he's chugging along in south carolina. does he hurt the ted cruzes, sort of taking votes away in iowa, another place that has a high evangelical vote, south carolina? >> south carolina is a little more complicated because of the national security vote along the coast and then it's a mixture in the center. i don't think carson is much of a factor anymore. but sometimes he's the kind of candidate that can hurt cruz or rubio, because they both do well with the evangelical vote. so in that sense, where those two candidates are trying to position them selves, carson is a nuisance, but i don't think he's enough of a factor at this point to be problematic. >> very quickly, john kasich, can the positive guy go to the t top? >> we'll see. he's definitely all in with that s

jeb bush is out. that's critical for them, and they're going to try to say it's only us now to take on trump and cruz. and john kasich is going to say, not so fast. he's going to have an argument to make now against marco rubio about why the establishment should start consolidating around him and his executive experience and his battleground state, versus marco rubio's battleground state. so, i think that john kasich isn't going to sort of let marco rubio just consolidate establishment support and call it a day. i think that on our houston debate stage on thursday night, guys, watch how kasich and rubio square off against each other. >> excellent plug for the debate thursday night in houston. >> well done, david. >> thanks, david. >> you've now won your payment today. >> let us know when you hear about rubio/cruz, who won there, because we're waiting for that call here. >> because they both basically claimed victory today. >> both for second and third place claimed victory. all right, but let's talk a

jeb bush wants to stop him. jeb bush, who has -- >> can jeb bush do it? that's the question everybody is asking as we enter south carolina. >> look, i don't think jeb bush has a way to be the republican nominee and i don't think if he could be the republican nominee it would be worth a nickel, because the party would hate him so much by the time he got there, i don't know that would work out. but could he stop marco rubio in south carolina? maybe. his brother is hitting the trail for him. jeb bush still has a lot of money. they could run a lot of attack ads on marco rubio and drag him out of the race. but rubio could come back. >> i just get confused. we're talking about these candidates trying to appeal to the evangelical voter and they're launching these attacks on each other. donald trump calling ted cruz a cheater. jeb bush a lightweight. i'm looking at tweets that have gone on today and it's not just donald trump. it's getting fiery in the state of south carolina. >> well, let's not blame south carolina for this, because it's sort of where we are in

which is classic bush speak. - it's so bush isn't it? - because it's either not a full deck or an empty suit blended together. (crowd laughs) it's a little bit like, this was a little like writing a biography of dana carvey. there were moments. - yeah, right. - you know, you could hear it you know? unleashed orgy of death. (crowd laughs) one of the joys of doing it and we'll get back to why, is at one point this summer, in the course of a single hour in fact checking it, i spoke to henry kissinger, dick cheney and dana carvey, who did the entire interview in character. (crowd laughs) and so i'm still not sure. it might have been the president. - well it sounds like fun. - it was great fun. and i said, "well what are the elements "of the impression?" and carvey said, "it's an underlay "of mister rogers with some john wayne thrown in." which is actually a brilliant way. - that explains it. - explains the whole thing. i met him in 1998. our mutual friend michael (mumbles) and i went up to walkers point to interview him and brent scowcroft a

he said this about jeb bush. "jeb bush has zero communication skills, so he spent a fortune of special interest money on a super bowl ad. he is a weak candidate." then the return, "you aren't just a loser, are you a liar and a whiner. john mccain is a hero. over and out." has jeb bush found what he thinks is going to work in new hampshire and beyond, dana? >> reporter: he hopes so. i actually just sat down moment ago with jeb bush. i'm around the corner from him speaking live. we didn't want to interrupt him. right before he began to speak, i talked to him because -- i asked him about that. also just about the broader idea that he came in to this campaign saying that he really only wanted to run if he could do so joyfully. does that square with tweeting that someone is say whiner, loser, and liar, the tweet that you just read to the viewers. his answer was, look, i'm the guy standing up to donald trump, you know, he said, i'm going to be joyful, but i'm also a warrior. he genuinely feels -- and i think we've seen

jeb bush. who's the number one spender in south carolina? jeb bush. he should have been, with that much money, able to stay on until the very end when the candidate for the establishment was a little rattled. they've got basically zero hard dollars left and basically all of the super pac money is gone. that was absolute malpractice and whether or not you like jeb bush as a talent and a candidate, the way that campaign was run was ridiculous. >> it's what lawrence alluded to earlier. >> to spend money for nothing. >> they've all spent mind-boggling amounts of money, but the decision that will be dissected as people begin looking at the process of what went wrong will be what you alluded to. that trump successfully planned him. >> low energy sat out there for two weeks. >> like chuck said. he rode down that escalator the morning after jeb bush announced. and i remember talking to him over the summer, what are you going to do about trump? and they said we have to stay focussed on our lane. there's going to and outsider primary and an establishment primar

jeb bush. who was the number one spender in south carolina? jeb bush. he is calling in fourth and sixth places in all of these states. >> spending $2,000 per vote in many cases. >> he should have been able to stay on until the very end when there is a candidate that the establishment candidate was really rattled by. because of the way they spent money. he blew it. he has been running on fumes. they have zero hard dollars left and almost all the super pac money was gone. absolute political malpractice. whether or not you like jeb bush as a candidate and as a talent, the way that campaign was run is absolute lip ridiculous. >> it is not about the money. it is the strategic decision. it is what lauren alluded to. they've all spent mind boggling amounts of money. >> he spent the most. >> the strategic decision that will be dissected as people now begin the process of looking at what went wrong will be what you alluded to. that trump successfully branded him the day -- he did as chuck said. he announced the morning after jeb. he rode down that escalator. and

bush was in office. listen to this. >> given the track record of this president and the experience of obfuscation in hearings with respect to the supreme court least, i will recommend to my colleagues that we should not confirm any bush nominee to the supreme court except in extraordinary circumstances. they must prove -- [ applause ] -- they must prove by actions, not words, that they are in the mainstream rather than we have to prove that they are not. >> mark hanna is a former campaign aide for the obama and kerry presidential campaigns and partner in the truman national security project and rich lowery is a "national review" ed tore and fox news contributor. mark, i'll start with you first. a lot of people say it's a little hypocritical for chuck schumer to say what he's saying now considering what he said in 2007. >> senator schumer was opposed to george bush, his nominees back then. of course, there's going to be bluster from either side. democrats when george bush was president, republicans when b

governor bush at 12%. let's come back to new hampshire. governor bush at 12%. cruz at 11%. rubio at 10%. christie 8%. fiorina at 4%. wolf, only 7% in. lot of movement potentially to happen here. what are you looking for on the map? number one, the republican race will be decided down here. trump is going to win. we know that. down here in these suburbs, especially suburbs below manchester, this is where close republican races in new hampshire are won. what are we going to look for? at the moment donald trump is winning manchester. look how quick the count is coming in in manchester. donald trump is winning manchester. we expect him since he's winning statewide to win most of these cities and towns. the question is where there are a lot of votes, manchester, kasich running second. jeb bush close behind. let's watch the rest of the count there. follow this around throughout the night. tiny county here, again, kasich is second. pull out, come over here to concord, big city by new hampshire standards. trump at 30%, kasich second, and bush. kasich running a strong second in the

bush: yes. bdt mean? >> [inaudible] mr. bush: sounds like a good idea. idea.initely a good my husband was diagnosed with: cancer 20 years ago. my son was recently diagnosed with the precursor that will lead up to colon cancer, am only to have surgery in the future. what will you do for research to help prevent cancer, ms, all those other diseases that need more research? there are a couple of places where i think we should be spending more money. for everything else, you have to figure out how to spend less. the place where we need just been more money is defense, national security. it is research and development for alternative energy sources and drug discovery. and space. .ecause of national security also, our country should be more aspirational. i think the space program theolizes that, technologies and discoveries that you can find in space have a direct that a fit for our country. -- direct benefit for our country. -- it also has a natural national security implication. the space program ha

not jeb bush's year. and a lot of people who are close to him and have been lamenting for some time that he is a great leader, has a proven record, but you can't become a leader until you can prove that you're a good candidate. and he just hasn't been able to catch that fire, no matter what he did. and even with his brother coming in south carolina, where he's wildly popular, george w. bush, it was a one-day bump. and just the next day i was down in south carolina talking to a lot of people saying, it vanished. it was just too quick. it didn't help him. >> and it raises the serious question, is money really all that important? n politics? because david, you know he and a super pac had $100 million to do the job. that wasn't done. >> it's unbelievable. in every one of these states, the largest spender on television ads is the jeb bush super pac. zero. zero traction for what they were doing. and i think that gets back to dana's point, wolf. the electorate was just in a different place. >> all right. stand b

jeb bush: i got better at interrupting. come on. barbara bush: he's so polite. he does not brag, like some people i know. >> who are you talking about? barbara bush: i can't remember. i'm not getting into a spitting match with him. john: nora o'donnell doing that interview. this is one of the first moves that appears to be the 11th hour rollout in the bush family brand by jeb. his brother will campaign in south carolina and his super pac has featured 43 in a new ad on the palmetto state airwaves. george w. bush: i know jeb. jeb will unite our country. he knows how to bring the world together against terror, he knows when tough measures must be taken. experience and judgment count in the oval office. john: jeb has wrestled with the question of whether or not to play the dynasty card. he's now playing it. will it help or hurt him? mark: it will help them in the abstract, assuming that voters are still open to jeb bush. other campaigns claim that bush has no chance to surge. there is public polling that suggest he has moved up. female voters, older voters, national

jeb bush, he is bringing w. bush, his brother, on to the campaign trail on monday. he is someone that is very popular among republicans. still, even though earlier in the campaign you remember very well, jeb bush struggled to answer questions about the iraq war and his brother's position and his actions towards the war, and you know, someone like john kasich, it's interesting. he won new hampshire budget i think he's coming to south carolina knowing that because of his past actions on closing down military facilities, he gets that it's an uphill climb for limb him in a state where those issues are critically important. eight military bases in this state and that community is very, very influential. >> also influential, rhine, the evangelical vote? like iowa, but different. you have about half of the gop primary voters considering themselves to be evangelicals, but i thought it was interesting ahead of the republican party in south carolina came out and said, don't group them all together. the evangelical in our state differ from the north to the southern part of the

laura bush was up there. george w. bush. and i've got to say, for jeb bush he had a really good campaign rally. he was energized. >> 3,000 people there. >> lost his glasses. >> he lost his glasses. let's listen to what he had to say, at least some of it. >> the only way a republican and a conservative wins is by campaigning with their arms wide open, with a hopeful optimistic message. campaigning in every nook and cranny of this country. making sure everybody knows we want them on our team. the only way we win is doing what republicans always do, campaign like george w. did, like ronald reagan did. we have to get back to that. >> clearly he's enjoying the fact that his family's behind him. he's got their support. but just because trump insulted his brother, who remains very popular in south carolina, doesn't mean that those trump supporters will rally around him, does it? >> i don't think so. and i think, look, jeb bush is doing everything that he can to sort of attach himself to his brother at the hip. george bush has an 84

jeb bush is rolling out the big guns. george w. and laura bush. but in the wake of the sudden death of justice antonin scalia, the big issue in this election may be the supreme court. and the democrats aren't losing any time getting the gop on that. >> well, how about obeying the constitution? and start holding hearings when president obama nominates the next supreme court justice? >> the senate has a duty to consider that. and to decide whether or not to confirm whoever the president nominates. >> there's a lot going on tonight. i want to begin with the gop at war and the debut of george w. bush on the campaign trail. jamie gangel, douglas brinkley joining me. how are you? >> great. >> great. president george w. bush joined his brother on the campaign trail for the first time today. he took some veiled swipes at donald trump. let's watch. >> jeb is a man of humbled deep and genuine faith. faith that reveals itself through good works, not loud words. you can trust jeb bush to be measured and thoughtful on the world stage. our enemies and allies wi

i think that is jeb bush especially or even marco rubio or anybody who defended w bush against donald trump, they're going to be facing some questions about it. if it's donald trump, however, well, that's a really interesting development because he is on the right side of history generally speaking. he doesn't have all the facts right but he has the jeshl notion of how the country is moving on this issue correct >>> we're talking about the return of the iraq war in the republican campaign and in the race against hillary clinton. iraq's loose ends. stay with us. it's inside story. >>> welcome back to inside story. the vietnam war, a wildly expensive deadly and ultimately unsuccessful american military action rattled around our national life for decades. its long reach as was mentioned earlier stretched all the way to the 2004 presidential race. we're looking at the disappearance and reappearance of the iraq war this time on the program. almost in a mirror image iraq is making itself felt in the democratic race as bernie sanders who some suggest feel because he is running against the fo

bush. there's this knee jerk a assumption that they will not stomach any attacks on george w. bush. now you have a voice they trust within their party, within their tribe saying this stuff. they might just give up george w. bush and go with trump. >> trump, again, relayed his threat. he was making noise about a run. had a press conference, signed a pledge. first question i asked is why should anyone believe you would hold to this pledge, which he didn't answer. here he is today, threatening he might walk. take a listen. >> the rnc does a terrible job. just remember what i said. remember in this room, i signed a pledge, but it's a double edged pledge. as far as i'm concerned, they're in default of their pledge. >> i think odds are more likely than not he's on the ballot in the fall one way or another. whether he wins this nomination. i can't see him going back to developing golf courses after this if he doesn't win the primary. >> the other thing, too, i don't think what you're showing there, the idea of dangling this prospect of a third party campaign. ordinarily you would say this

bush here. it just remains to be seen if it will translate to momentum for jeb. >> is it a mistake to take on george w. bush if he's liked in south carolina. >> if i were trump's people, i would tell him to take out the two senators. the evangelical vote matters a whole lot here. what evangelicals don't like, they don't like someone who tells them one thing to their face andthen something behind their back. they don't like someone to parade around as the paragon of virtule. >> are you referring to senator cruz there? >> absolutely senator cruz. we found out he doesn't tithe. his whole campaign slogan is i'm as good as ronald reagan and better than jesus christ. >> do we know if donald trump tithes, if that's the litmus there. because you brought it up with senator cruz. do we know if donald trump tithes? >> no, i'm just pointing out the fact what evangelicals like, someone who tells them the truth. what ted cruz did to ben carsen, he lied, stole, and cheated him out of votes. they want someone w

jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that is downright wrong..." he stands up to trump for his liberal democratic positions. calls out trump for insulting women, attacking the disabled... even trashing a decorated war hero. trump: "i like peoplethat weren't captured..." jeb bush: "john mccain is an american hero..." jeb bush. the better man. the real conservative. a commander in chief. right to rise usa >> now, wyff news 4 sports. >> i mean we aren't going to talk about winning the league. we are going to talk about playing better basketball, playing more disciplined, and if we can get that right, the numbers will be there for us in our favor. brad: the south carolina women can wrap up at least a share of the sec regular season title with a win sunday at tennessee. the gamecocks are 23-1 and 11-0 in league play. a showdown for the south carolina men for the top spot in the sec. south carolina will host kentucky in front of a sold-out crowd tomorrow afternoon in columbia. the gamecocks are 21-3, and 8-3 in sec play. the wildcats are also 8-3 in sec

bush. he was confirmed 97-0 for his current post. that is a far cry from confirming him to replace scalia. >> unlikely to make much difference in a future vote. jon, this sets up the prospect of a 4-4 lineup on the supreme court for maybe well over a year. >> reporter: that could mean a lot of tying votes on the supreme court. nearly 30% of the decisions in the most recent term were 5-4. in about a third of those, scalia was the fifth justice in the majority. you could have a situation where you have many tie votes. in that case, the lower court's decision simply stands. >> huge impact. night. in south carolina. it started with a moment of silence for justice scalia. quickly became the nastiest of the campaign. mary bruce was there. >> reporter: there are fireworks and then there's this. >> you're the single biggest liar. you're probably worse than jeb bush. >> that is absolutely false. >> he's lying about all sorts of things. now he makes things up. >> we don't even know who they are. >> t

i think that is jeb bush especially or even marco rubio or anybody who defended w bush against donald trump, they're going to be facing some questions about it. if it's donald trump, however, well, that's a really interesting development because he is on the right side of history generally speaking. he doesn't have all the facts right but he has the jeshl notion of how the country is moving on this issue correct >>> we're talking about the return of the iraq war in the republican campaign and in the race against hillary clinton. iraq's loose ends. it's inside story. >> every monday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> these are very vivid, human stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". monday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to insi

bush: everything. i was here for my father's wedding. >> do you think we will see a surprise tomorrow? mrs. bush: i hope so. >> what do you think will happen? mrs. bush: i think he is by far, the best. john: and also to have two of -- also at that event were two of his brothers. both were optimistic about his chances. afterward, i cut up with the candidate himself. we had a chance to chat about family. a lot of love in your family. jeb bush: is that surprising? mark: it's not always the case with siblings. jeb bush: we love each other a lot. mark: how big is tomorrow? jeb bush: south carolina is important. it has always been important in running for president. certainly in my family, it has , been a big part of it. no question about it. mark: focus, great as always with question and answer, clear nervousness in his world. four jeb bush tomorrow what is , meeting and beating expectations tomorrow? john: nobody wears pearls better than barbara bush. look jeb bush, his expectations , are so low now that t

bush will be holding a rally for his brother jeb bush. first the gloves cape off at saturday's republican debate. trump attacked bush and his family and jeb fired back. >> i'm sick and tired of him going after my family. my dad is the greatest man alive, in my mind. while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building security apparatus to keep us safe and i'm proud of what he did. >> the world trade center came down ... [booing] charles: joining me now tammy bruce, kathy kaylor. senator brown. congratulations in new hampshire you pulled off a huge win there. was it sullied in any way with what happened saturday night? not just donald trump but the way it was hand, it was a blood sport. >> politic is a blood sport. i said that before. if you don't like it, get out. that being said, i would like them to point out what they can do better. this plays into the democrats' hand. but south krcial is known as being a blood supported kind of area. i'm hopeful after they get through this state along with nevada that we can get

was in columbia with the bush campaign. well you could hear the surprise in the room ...as bush made his announcement... 70322 the people of iowa and new >> i'm suspending my campaign. allyson: bush thanked his supporters and staff. i talked to several of them after that announcement. no one was expecting this. some. so many were surprised by the decision to drop out now. tim dyar and his family came down from pendleton to support bush, here's what he had to say just moments after learning bush will no longer be seeking the republican nomination. >> i did not expect this at all tonight. i was talking to some of the staffers and i said when did you find out? they said same time you did and when lindsey graham came out his demeanor and jeb's demeanor kind of tipped it a little bit. i'm really heartbroken jeb has a good heart. he's taken a special interest in me, my family, and my son. it is really sad. pull forward for a few another states. but god has a plan we will rise up in support someone who will represent us in the whi

bush on the campaign trail. bush 43 trying to help his younger brother become bush 45. maggie, he did not mention donald trump by name, but this speech was all about donald trump. >> it was. it was very clear who he was talking about. although i heard from one of his aides last night who said he didn't mention donald trump. you're making too much of this. we're not making too much of this. that's not the only one. he could be talking about ted cruz. he could be talking about a couple of people. but donald trump dominated jeb bush throughout. i thought he made a compelling case about certainly the past of the party, where he thinks the party still should be. i think it was about as effective a case as you're going to see. imagine a year ago when jeb bush was saying i'm my own man. this is not about my brothers. i'm my own man. it says something about where the race is owing. >> who might he be referring to. take a listen. >> strength is is not empty rhetoric. it is not bluster. it is not theatrics. real strength, strength and purpose comes from integrity and character. a

should barbara bush be should,000 jeb -- should jeb bush's 90-year-old mother, barbara bush, be off-limits in the campaign. do you denounce the mailer that your pac sent. >> i haven't seen the mailer. second not from my campaign. third, we are at a stage where i had close to $35 million of adds run against me. many from jeb bush's super pac. down to the final moments. i have tremendous respect for the bush family, jeb, no matter what happens in the campaign. i will have admiration, respect, and affection for him. this is not about him, his family. it's about america. future of the country. what kind of country this is did well in iowa. we came in a strong second. would have come in first had the votes not shifted from ben which was a terrible thing that was done to ben carson in my opinion. frankly i think we are doing really well in new hampshire. i hope to do well. i hope, charlie, talking about a snowstorm tomorrow. not what i want. >> you want a big turnout. >> i want a big turnout. snowstorms generally don't help. >> boy, looks like. >> we are doing really well. we watched the debate.

jeb bush backers are not tired of the bush brand. i don't think it would be fair to judge me on what my father or my brother did. i think that i get to you know you get to do what your parents did or what your grandparents did. bolstering "team bush" is senator lindsey graham. graham took aim at last night's second place finisher, governor john kasich, calling kasich a budget-cutter when it comes to military spending. john kasich is making south carolina a priority on the heels of his second place finish in kasich's campaign and political action comittees has been pennies on the dollar compared to the million- plus spent by the campaigns and pacs supporting cruz, rubio and bush. many observers think kasich is focusing his attention on the midwest - leaving him playing catch up in south carolina. "there's this opportunity to now take this momentum we see him coming out of new hampshire and really try to in the next 10 days, parlay it into a strong performance. but as i said, that's an uphill battle. i'm sure he's going to make every e

bush and john mccain. remember last night in new hampshire, just a couple thousand votes separated the third, fourth, and fifth place finishers, meaning next vote could make or break any number of campaigns, similar to what happened to mccain back in 2000. in moments, we'll be joined by my panel. but we begin with trace gallagher who has a little history behind this showdown. >> reporter: for gop candidates, winning south carolina is coveted for two reasons. one, south carolina has a wide cross section of evangelicals, military personnel and retires. and two, except for backing newt gingrich in 2012, south carolina has chosen every gop nominee since 1980. and that kingmaker reputation means south carolina tends to get vicious. the rubio campaign is vowing revenge against the bush campaign for attacks. saying -- >> and then there's attack adds that are already on the air. but they have a ways to go to top the nastiness of the 2000 presidential primary between george w. bush and john mccain. where the bush c